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Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya.   It has been nearly two weeks since war erupted in Sudan, one of Kenya’s neighboring countries. As of Monday this week at least 460 people had been confirmed dead in Sudan while an estimated of 4063 people have been injured due to the ongoing clashes between [...]

A UK court Thursday convicted a senior Nigerian senator and his wife of organ trafficking. The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales found Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, and his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu guilty of exploitation following a six-week trial led by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Both Ike and [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. Due to the current economic crisis facing Kenya at the moment, Raila Odinga, the leader of Azimio (Kenya’s opposition party) has declared that on Monday March 20th 2023, there will be a nationwide strike. He has even declared Monday a “national holiday”. Throughout the week there [...]

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar Friday criticised the Nigerian elections which confirmed Bola Tinubu as the winner of the elections. During the press conference, Abubakar described the election as “neither free nor fair,” labelling it as “the worst conducted elections since the return to democratic rule.” Abubakar also mentioned accusations of fraud and undemocratic [...]

Lois Wosu is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Nigeria, and a final year law student at Rivers State University. She reports from Port Harcount, in southern Nigeria. Over 87 million out of the 93 million registered voters will cast their ballots on Saturday (today) to decide who takes over from Nigerian President Major General Muhammadu [...]

Residents of Ogale and Bille communities in Nigeria Thursday joined the lawsuit against Shell plc seeking compensation for oil spillage in the Niger delta. The suit has been filed in UK’s High Court with the plaintiffs being represented by Leigh Day Law firm. This follows Shell’s report, which claims to have made almost $40 billion in [...]

Water scarcity is a growing problem. It can be demand-driven, typically caused by population growth, and supply-driven, typically caused by decreasing amounts of fresh water often resulting from climate change or a result of societal factors such as poverty. If it is allowed to reach dangerous levels, water scarcity has the potential to trigger conflicts. [...]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on an unannounced number of individuals who are allegedly involved in undermining the democratic process in Nigeria. This move comes just before the February 2023 Nigerian elections—one of which will replace President Muhammadu Buhari. The visa restrictions are authorized by Section 212(a)(3)C) of the Immigration and Nationality [...]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Tuesday condemned the destruction of Imo State’s High Court in Orlu. Unknown assailants attacked and burned the building on Friday. The fire destroyed thousands of legal documents, books and exhibits. NBA national publicity secretary Akorede Habeeb Lawal called the attack “premeditated” and part of a series of assaults on judicial [...]

A Reuters investigation released Monday reports that Nigeria’s military has killed at least 60 children since 2009 as part of the nation’s 13-year battle against Islamic extremist organisations like Boko Haram. Under “Operation No Living Things,” soldiers were often acting on orders to interrogate, search or even kill children to prevent “a future threat.” These [...]